Earth Day is April 22! Visit these sites to learn more:
Read what's happening in our environment in the Environmental News Network.
SUSTAINABLE LIVING: What is sustainable living?
Visit the Center for A New American Dream
Explore 111 sites in the Sustainability Web Ring! Do you suffer from Affluenza? Find out by visiting the Affluenza website. Try browsing these Web sites about reducing waste and living economically: More sustainable living sites: TOP OF PAGE... SHOPPING:
- Take your own bag.
- Buy only what you need.
- Use what you buy.
- Buy recycled content.
- Buy durable products, not disposables.
TOP OF PAGE... AROUND HOME:
- Start a compost pile.
- Turn off water while you brush your teeth.
- Think before you throw it away.
- Donate or sell items you don't want.
- Turn off lights when you leave.
- Walk or bike instead of driving when you can.
Control Junk Mail! Send a postcard to the following address, listing your name and address and all variations under which you receive mail: Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
This service will remove your name from many national lists and is good for 5 years. Want to know more, or receive our Control Junk Mail kit? Contact us.
For more information about unwanted communications, visit these websites:
Consumer.net.
The National Waste Prevention Coalition
The Center for Democracy and Technology's Opt-Out Program
The Direct Marketing Association's Consumer Assistance page.
Control Junk E-Mail! Read Junk E-Mail information at:
GetNetwise.org
EmailAbuse.org TOP OF PAGE... AT WORK:
- Use floppy diskettes instead of paper to maintain file copies of computer generated documents.
- Make electronic mail available, or use it if it is available.
- Use the duplex feature on the photocopier to make double-sided copy.
- Route documents instead of making extra copies.
- Use bulletin boards to post documents to employees.
- Save bad copies/other scrap paper for memo paper.
- Reuse file folders, envelopes, poster tubes, and packing material.
- Mail items in the smallest container/envelope possible.
- Use mechanical pencils and refillable pens.
TOP OF PAGE... AT SCHOOL: - Get involved in environmental activities.
- Use both sides of the paper.
- Don't take more than you will eat at lunch.
- Use mechanical pencils and refillable pens.
- Choose one of the 3 R's for term papers.
TOP OF PAGE... FOR HOLIDAYS/BIRTHDAYS: - Wrap your gifts in newspaper/paper bags.
- Use reusable basket, tin, bowl, or bag instead of disposable box.
- Make a gift from reused items.
- Choose a "no-wrap" gift: tickets, gift certificates, memberships, services.
- Send flowers.
- Use reusable table service instead of disposables.
- Buy a live tree and plant it after the holidays.
- Compost or mulch your cut tree.
- Call your street dept./town office about post-holiday tree recycling collections)
The Center for a New American Dream has a comprehensive site about waste reduction. Take a look at their Simplify the Holidays page. Don't miss this wonderful site!... HolidayOrganizer.Com. T The Family Corner's Holiday Page is a great place for ideas about activities the whole family can share. TOP OF PAGE...
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